v41_0905 - PHILIPPUS Sesterce
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce
Date: An 3
Mint name / Town : Dacie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG .
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Philippe Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Iulius Philippus Augustus”, (L'empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROV-INCIA DA-CIA// AN III.
Reverse description : La Dacie debout à gauche, coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien, drapée, tenant dans chaque main un vexillum, le premier inscrit V et le second, XIII ; de chaque côté, un aigle, tenant une couronne dans son bec à gauche, un lion à droite.
Reverse translation : “Provincia Dacia/ anno tertium”, (Province de Dacie/ an trois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Monnaie sur un flan très large. A. Kotschev signale un triple sesterce de l’an 3 de présentation avec un poids de 63,00 g., un diamètre de 33 millimètres et une épaisseur de 7 millimètres. Les chiffres dans les vexilla (étendards) V et XIII sont les numéros des légions stationnées dans la région. L’aigle et le lion sont les épisèmes (mascottes) de ces légions comme pour l’atelier de Viminacium.
Light weight. Coin on a very wide flan. A. Kotschev reports a triple sestertius from the year 3 of presentation with a weight of 63.00 g, a diameter of 33 millimeters and a thickness of 7 millimeters. The numbers in vexilla (standards) V and XIII are the numbers of the legions stationed in the region. The eagle and the lion are the episema (mascots) of these legions as for the Viminacium mint
Light weight. Coin on a very wide flan. A. Kotschev reports a triple sestertius from the year 3 of presentation with a weight of 63.00 g, a diameter of 33 millimeters and a thickness of 7 millimeters. The numbers in vexilla (standards) V and XIII are the numbers of the legions stationed in the region. The eagle and the lion are the episema (mascots) of these legions as for the Viminacium mint
Historical background
PHILIPPUS
(03/244-09/249)
Philippe was born in Bostra in Trachonitis, a province of Arabia, hence the nickname of the Emperor. He was appointed Prefect of the Praetorium after the disappearance of Timésithée, father-in-law of Gordian III, in 243. Philip had Gordian assassinated or allowed to be assassinated at the beginning of 244, then hastened to conclude an infamous peace with the Sassanids. He pays them a tribute of 500,000 denarii. He named his son Philip Caesar in 244 and his wife Otacilia Sévéra augusta. In 247, Philip raises his son to august. He led a brilliant campaign against the Quades and the Carpes who had invaded Dacia. The great event of the reign of Philip is the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which begins on April 21, 247. Several usurpers, including Jotapien and Pacatian, proclaim themselves august at the end of the reign. Philippe instructs Decius, commander of the legions of Pannonia, to restore order on the Danube. The troops, against his will, proclaim Decius august in June or July 249. Philip dies fighting the troops of Decius in September 249.
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